Horroe movies these days, why do they suck so much

desertfox · 03-04-2006, 06:33 PM

Yeah yeah I have watched a few horror movies recently released, they are scary, in a way, but they still suck. I think the biggest reason why horror movies like Saw, or Texas Chain Saw Massacre, suck is because they only focus on visual horror but using alot of gores. They are scary, no doubt about it, but they only scratch the surface of scariness.

I missed movies like the Exorcist. It is scary because it scares us from the inside, from our soul, not through our eyes. I dont know how really to describe it, but those movies truely scares me.

PS. new siggy and avatar, guess where they are from

the inDifference · 03-04-2006, 07:35 PM

Turn to the Japanese.

Melkorus · 03-04-2006, 08:50 PM

Yup, Japanese horrors are the shit, in a good way. I highly recommand watching Tale of Two Sisters, there is next to no special effects and next to no gore. No fast paced running around shaky crazy camera action, everthing is plain and still and simply creepy as hell. Most Japanese horrors and movies in general are in the legiue of their own, I like that fact that they don't use special almost at all.

Thai movie called Ong Bak, you can rent it at the blockbuster, check it out, after you see that movie you'll realize that Jet Lee is a small fly, nothing in that movie was fake, no wires, no special effects, one of the best fighting/action movies I have ever seen.

Went little off topic there, i guess i just got fattish for asian cinema...other than chinese tho...I can't stand walking on water and jumping from tree to tree type of movies that are supposed to be realistic and serious.

Another really scary movie you want to see is Thai also, called Shutter http://imdb.com/title/tt0440803/

to answer your sig question, is that eveanesence?

Orostes · 03-18-2006, 09:11 PM

I didn't mind "The Hills Have Eyes." Sub-par plot, but many feel it should have been NC-17. Let's just say it made my brother's girlfriend cry. There are a couple of graphic scenes.

Melkorus · 03-19-2006, 12:32 AM

Hmm, will check that out, thanks for the hint. I'm a big fan of horror movies, I guess it's because I have seen so many that I'm not amazed by most of them, especially the latest ones.

I want to add that my most memorable horror movie experiance is Steven Spelberg's The Shining, I saw it like 7 years ago or something, and it gave me chills.

Andoria · 04-03-2006, 04:25 PM

Ehh make that Stanley Kubrick Chief - The Shining -

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/

Dalikar · 04-09-2006, 05:50 PM

If you are looking for horror films like they made in the 70s then check out Session 9. Very well made indi film.

GR1MNIR · 04-09-2006, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Orostes

I didn't mind "The Hills Have Eyes." Sub-par plot, but many feel it should have been NC-17. Let's just say it made my brother's girlfriend cry. There are a couple of graphic scenes.

Are you talking about the remake of it? The one that just came out recently? 'Cause that one was indeed originally rated NC-17, but they "toned it down" to get an R rating. I cannot wait to see what they had to cut out of it on the dvd.

Melkorus · 04-09-2006, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andoria

Ehh make that Stanley Kubrick Chief - The Shining -

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/

wow, I was always under impression for some reason that steven did that one, thanks for pointing that out

Andoria · 04-10-2006, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Drvanitus

wow, I was always under impression for some reason that steven did that one, thanks for pointing that out

No worries mate... I bet you was thinking of AI by Steven S. He took the playwright from Stanly after his death. Stanley was gonna make that movie, but yes, dead. So, Steven made the movie when everything was ready.

But what makes Stanley Kubrick a huge filmaker, and what makes Steven.S a mediocer is that he changed the ending. In the original the robot killed his "mum" due to love, in S.S ending, yes.. You know the the UFO stuff...
, And that was a break in the tempo, a sidetrack that was not in conteks---

03-04-2006, 06:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
desertfox Guild Legend Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Follow your nose Posts: 1,894 Blog Entries: 1	Horroe movies these days, why do they suck so much Yeah yeah I have watched a few horror movies recently released, they are scary, in a way, but they still suck. I think the biggest reason why horror movies like Saw, or Texas Chain Saw Massacre, suck is because they only focus on visual horror but using alot of gores. They are scary, no doubt about it, but they only scratch the surface of scariness. I missed movies like the Exorcist. It is scary because it scares us from the inside, from our soul, not through our eyes. I dont know how really to describe it, but those movies truely scares me. PS. new siggy and avatar, guess where they are from __________________

03-04-2006, 07:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
the inDifference Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 13	Turn to the Japanese. __________________ "You got a death wish, Johnny Truant?"

03-04-2006, 08:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
Melkorus The Old Timer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: St. Louis Posts: 4,185	Yup, Japanese horrors are the shit, in a good way. I highly recommand watching Tale of Two Sisters, there is next to no special effects and next to no gore. No fast paced running around shaky crazy camera action, everthing is plain and still and simply creepy as hell. Most Japanese horrors and movies in general are in the legiue of their own, I like that fact that they don't use special almost at all. Thai movie called Ong Bak, you can rent it at the blockbuster, check it out, after you see that movie you'll realize that Jet Lee is a small fly, nothing in that movie was fake, no wires, no special effects, one of the best fighting/action movies I have ever seen. Went little off topic there, i guess i just got fattish for asian cinema...other than chinese tho...I can't stand walking on water and jumping from tree to tree type of movies that are supposed to be realistic and serious. Another really scary movie you want to see is Thai also, called Shutter http://imdb.com/title/tt0440803/ to answer your sig question, is that eveanesence? __________________

03-19-2006, 12:32 AM	#5 (permalink)
Melkorus The Old Timer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: St. Louis Posts: 4,185	Hmm, will check that out, thanks for the hint. I'm a big fan of horror movies, I guess it's because I have seen so many that I'm not amazed by most of them, especially the latest ones. I want to add that my most memorable horror movie experiance is Steven Spelberg's The Shining, I saw it like 7 years ago or something, and it gave me chills. __________________

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03-18-2006, 09:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
Orostes Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 87	I didn't mind "The Hills Have Eyes." Sub-par plot, but many feel it should have been NC-17. Let's just say it made my brother's girlfriend cry. There are a couple of graphic scenes.

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Andoria Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 494	Ehh make that Stanley Kubrick Chief - The Shining - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/

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Dalikar Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10	If you are looking for horror films like they made in the 70s then check out Session 9. Very well made indi film.